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=22 Amendment=

President Term limit
1.No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President, when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress.


 * Franklin Roosevelt was a the only president who served more than 2 terms. He served 4 terms. He did so because the people of the U.S. did not want to change presidents during the war. *

What is an Amendment ?
An Amendment is a subsidiary motion which interposes a new process of question and decision between the question and its decision. Amendments may be to the clause of a bill, to a resolution or a motion. The object of an amendment is either to modify a question before the House with a view to increasing its acceptability, or to present to the House a different proposition as an alternative original question.

When was this amendment ratified?
The United States Congress passed the amendment on March 21, 1947. It was ratified by the requisite number of states on February 27,1951. Maine was the first state to ratify this amendment, and it was on March 31, 1947. Ratification required 36 states out of the then 48. But today,ratification requires 38 states.



notice period
= As amendment are circulated to member both in English and Hindi simultaneously, the Rules Committee (Fourth Lok Sabha) considered inter-alia the question of inadequacy of the period of notice for tabling amendments to Bills, resolutions and motions. The Committee decided that member might be requested to table such notices at least two days before the day they are be taken up in the House, but in any case not later than 15.15 hours on the previous day.

Admissibility The following conditions inter-alia govern the admissibility of an amendment.
 * it should not be inconsistent with the provision of the Constitution or refer discourteously to a friendly foreign Government;
 * it should not cast reflection on the decision of the House.
 * it should not cast reflection on the conduct of the President and Vice-President;
 * it should not related to matter under the control of the Speaker;
 * it should not related to conduct of Speaker of a State Assembly, or Governor of a State, or matter under the jurisdiction of Election Commission

Amendment to Bills Amendments to a Bill can be tabled after it has been introduced in Lok Sabha without waiting for inclusion of the next motion in regard to that Bill in the List of Business. In case a Bill is passed by Rajya Sabha amendments can be tabled after a copy thereof is laid on the Table. Amendment cannot be moved by proxy The member should be present in the House to move them.

who pass the amendment? The 22nd Amendment was passed by a Republican Congress in reaction to FDR's four elections.



Formal Change to the Constitution
. Article 5 describes two methods for proposing amendment. Two thirds of each house of Congress can vote to propose an amendment. Or two thirds of the state legislatures can demand that Congress summon a nation "convention for proposing amendment." So far, only the first method--a vote by Congress--has been used. As experts have pointed out, the Constitution does not give guidelines for a nation convention, Only except Twenty-first Amendment was ratified by states conventions. all other amendments were ratified by state legislatures, In recent years, Congress has set a time limit for ratification, The limit today is seven years, but it may be extended. The language of the Constitution provides a general outline rather than specific details about the national government. Over time, this flexible language to the changing needs of the nation.

New power for Congress : __Elastic Clause__is the section of the Constitution that gives Congress the power to make all " necessary and proper" laws, its allowed Congress to stretch its power to pass law. Still another clause of the Constitution ha allowed Congress to extend its powers. Article 1, Section 8, Claus 3, gives Congress the power to "regulate" trade with other nation and between the states. Armed with the __Commerce Clause__and the Elastic Clause, Congress has been able to keep pace with change. For example, it has passed laws that regulate the airline industry, television, nuclear energy, and genetic engineering.

A more powerful executive The Constitution does not describe in detail the power of the President. So they set a __precedent__act or decision that sets an example for others to follow. George Washington set one such precedent, The Constitution does not states that the President may appoint a __Cabinet__, or group of close advisers. president Washington assumed the power to do so on his own. Every President since then has followed his lead. During the Great Depression, President Franklin Roosevelt expanded the size and the power of the executive branch to propose and carry out programs that would restore the national economy.

A broader role for the judiciary: The Supreme Court can decide whether acts of a President or laws passed by Congress are unconstitutional. This power is know as __Judicial Review__.The Constitution does not list judicial review as a power of the judicial branch. Judicial review is implied in the words and structure of the Constitution. In the case of Marbury V. Madison, an early Supper Court decision interpreted Article 3, Section 2, to mean that the Supreme Court has right to decide whether any law violates the Constitution.

---Current Event -by lhamo President term limits

George Washington could have been elected to a third term, but declined it, suggesting two terms of four years were enough for any president. In 1797, he quietly returned to Mount Vernon. His two-term example became an unwritten rule in the realm of presidential politics until 1940. That was when Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who steered the nation through the Great Depression of the 1930s, decided he wanted to run again. Newspapers railed against the breach of tradition. His Republican opponent, Wendell Willie forced the incumbent to run a hard campaign, which Roosevelt won. He then went after, and received, a fourth term in office, explaining that he could not leave the helm at a time he was guiding a nation through the Second World War. Just months into his fourth term, Roosevelt died and, with him, the idea of unlimited terms for presidents. An amendment, promoted heavily by the Republican party and by others nervous at the idea of a permanent presidency, was passed in 1947. It was ratified by the states four years later. The amendment limits a president to two four-year terms. Today, in the city over which Roosevelt presided for 13 years, youngsters such as Nordina Blackburn, 6, of Nor-cross, Ga., can visit the monument to the first -- and last -- president to serve more than two terms. media type="youtube" key="L_6CB-3qj8Y&eurl=http://eastchestermhs.wikispaces.com/page/diff/Twenty-Second+Welsh+1/14416989" width="425" height="350"

Current event by Daniel

John MacCain says that President Bush should have a third term even though this is the opposite of what most americans want. The reason for this problem is the war on iraq.In 2003 MacCain claims that the end of the war was in sight. In 2005 Bush and MacCain agreed that the war with another year and if everything stood on course that it would be over soon. In 2006 MacCain said that Iraq was right on track he also said in 2006 terrorist are on the run. These statements are on the war and how they think very innacurate things are going to happen now in the past. You want to think if Bush's two terms were worth it for this country. What will these acts of bush put us in the future do you really want MacCain to be president for even the one term that he is offering. Voters have not forgotten That MacCain was one of the lead figures in the falied Bush-Rumsfeld Strategy. The last thing people want is a third Bush term.

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This is important now because President Bush will not be president next year. The thought of Bush being president for a third term will not be good to this county. Then MacCain having done those things and having said those things makes you think twice about his election and how he is doing in the presidential race. The one term may trick you and hurt you at the end. He may have experience and backround But before you vote for someone you can not only look at how they are doing now you have to look at the past because often it may happen in the future and you may not be happy with your choice!(PAST HISTORY MAY REPEAT IT SELF)

==Current Event -by Maria Published:January 9,08==

President [|George W. Bush]'s second term as [|President of the United States] began at noon on [|January 20], [|2005] and will expire at noon, [|Washington, D.C.] [|time], on [|January 20], [|2009]. At the same time, the United States presidential election of 2008 will be held on [|November 4], [|2008]. This will be the 56th consecutive quadrennial [|election] for [|president] and [|vice president] of the [|United States]. The president-elect and vice president-elect are scheduled to be inaugurated on [|January 20], [|2009] which is the date that George Bush’s second term will expire. However, even if President Bush retires on Jaunary 20, 2009, some policy will still continue. For example, President Bush mentioned in his speech in March 2006 that U.S. troops would remain in Iraq beyond his presidency.

1/11/07

Former President Bill Clinton said Monday that the first thing his wife Hillary will do when she reaches the White House when George W. Bush's two terms are up in one year is dispatch him and his predecessor, President George H.W. Bush on an around-the-world mission to repair the damage done to Americans by the current president — Bush's son, George W. Bush. "Well, the first thing she intends to do, because you can do this without passing a bill is she intends to send me and former President Bush and a number of other people around the world to tell them that America is open for business. Clinton and the elder Bush, rivals in the 1992 presidential election, have grown chummy in recent years, often traveling and appearing at public events together. In 2005, they started a charity to help victims of Hurricane Katrina: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/12/18/bill-clinton-george-hw-bush-will-help-president-hillary/

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/12/18/bill-clinton-george-hw-bush-will-help-president-hillary/ http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/march2006/230306_b_Troops.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush's_second_term_as_President_of_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_2008